Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Convoy to Russia Fights Through

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
695A
Date Released
1 Oct 1942
Date submitted
28 Sep 1942
Date submitted
29 Sep 1942
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Convoy. DESCRIPTION: A large convoy escorted by many warships, marks its way through to Russia. The great majority of the ships arrived at the destination in spite of all the torpedoes, mines and bombs. SHOTLIST: General shot of convoy at sea, same into camera. Ditto taken from several angles. Sailor standing on side of deck counting torpedo planes. Sailors rushing to ‘action stations’ MS of Cruiser showing heavy guns, anti-aircraft, & pom-poms. Men flinging off covers, taking aim, guns firing. CU pom-poms. Enemy planes (not distinguishable) flying through flak, just above sea level, tracer going up. Shot of sea showing enemy plane just visible dropping torpedo. GS of some ships on fire. LS shot of smoke pouring from ship. CU smoke. Scylla along side minesweeper CU at speed, transferring US survivors to Scylla. CU men scrambling aboard. Action stations again. Sailors at pom-poms, American in their own type of tin helmets, assisting our tars. CU US sailor running along deck with pp. ammunitions. Coastline as seen from convoy. LS Destroyer background near coast which is covered with snow. CU Burnett aboard Scylla, sitting in chair in which he is transferred to a destroyer. CU. CU same, also sailors piping him aboard. GS CU of Officers on bridge, showing Captain MacIntyre. CU Burnett. CU Burnett sitting on bridge. CU Burnett looking through binoculars LS. Hurricane high in the clouds.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weather; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Aircraft; Safety devices; War damage; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Ministry of Information
Card file number
42888
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
213
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Convoy to Russia Fights Through', British Movietone News Issue No. 695A, 1 Oct 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12464 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)